One thing that kills me about Spotify and all those is how much hit music they play. It's like the same Stones songs, the same Motorhead songs, the same Police

One thing that kills me about Spotify and all those is how much hit music they play. It's like the same Stones songs, the same Motorhead songs, the same Police songs... I gave up on them because they won't play anything new or obscure. And after that, I remembered how much fun it was to go actively look for music. There's tons of live music on Internet Archive, and all those old 78s. (I found a bluegrass band there that just happens to be playing in my town this month. So I bought tickets.) I've also been having fun going to the cheap rack at used music stores and just trying the luck of the draw. I found some good music in the 50¢ CD drawer (no jewel cases) of our local second hand store. One of the CDs I bought because it had neat art, but no text, and it was great stuff. Others were crap, but hey, for 50¢, it's like a fun little lottery. I'd forgotten that part of the music experience was in the search and discovery, and not just being spoon-fed the same stuff over and over. I bought a turntable with USB mic out so I could digitize things from vinyl, and I have it all on my private Jellyfin server. Disk is cheap.